I met Samir two years ago. He has autism spectrum (he looks unresponsive and distracted, goes into active monologues, etc.) but last year I was given the opportunity to do some art sessions with him. These sessions, together with his regular schooling, now made him responsive (although he gets moody at times), eager to learn new things and more importantly, I learned new ways of working with him and thus present exciting challenge to design and facilitate creative work with and for him and lately, for his teachers!
". . . autistic people are not disordered. They have a different sort of order. Their brains are differently wired. They think differently. They do not want to be cured. They want to be understood."
- Mike Stanton on Neurodiversity
". . . acceptance, not tolerance, not "yes . . . but" but complete acceptance.
Pro-neurodiversity, pro-support and services, against "cures."
- Paul Durbin Westby
Visit a mother's blog and share her journey with her son Charlie:
http://autism.typepad.com/
http://autismacceptanceday.blogspot.com/
